#5AB3A4#5AB3A4

#5AB3A4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.089 H 181.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB3A4
RGB	rgb(90, 179, 164)
HSL	hsl(170, 37%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(170, 50%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 0%, 8.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.35, -30.43, -0.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.35, 30.43, 181.03°)
OKLab	oklab(70.73% -0.0889 -0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(70.73% 0.089 181.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.0346, 37.0919, 40.8495)
Luminance	0.3709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB3A4 #B35A69

analogous

#5AB378 #5AB3A4 #5A95B3

triadic

#5AB3A4 #A45AB3 #B3A45A

tetradic

#5AB3A4 #785AB3 #B35A69 #95B35A

square

#5AB3A4 #785AB3 #B35A69 #95B35A

split-complementary

#5AB3A4 #B35A95 #B3785A

monochromatic

#2E645B #428E81 #5AB3A4 #84C6BB #AEDAD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#5AB3A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#5AB3A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB3A4

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB3A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB3A4	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACAAA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA0A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2EB6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab3a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 179, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.089 181.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcabe',
    500: '#5ab3a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab3a4;
$custom-light: #8fcabe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab3a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.888,
    "s": 36.929,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70734,
    "c": 0.08897,
    "h": 181.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB3A4

secondary

#C8A1A8

accent

#5B6ECD

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB3A4

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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